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Associate Professor Nina Lansbury
Associate Professor

Nina Lansbury

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Overview

Background

Associate Professor Nina Lansbury (also published as Nina Hall) is an environmental public health research and teaching academic at The University of Queensland’s School of Public Health. Her current research at UQ examines environmental health aspects that support the health and wellbeing of remote Indigenous community residents on both mainland Australia and in the Torres Strait in terms of housing, water and sanitation, and women's health. She also investigates the impacts of climate change on human health; this involves a role as Coordinating Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR7 WG II Ch 9). Within the research sector, she was previously a senior research scientist at CSIRO, manager of the Sustainable Water program at The University of Queensland, and senior research consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS. Within the non-government sector, she was previously the director of the Climate Action Network Australia and research coordinator at the Mineral Policy Institute.

Availability

Associate Professor Nina Lansbury is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of New South Wales
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science, University of New South Wales
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University

Research interests

  • Climate change and health

  • Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

  • Indigenous health

  • Sustainable development

  • Women's health

Research impacts

Nina has worked on environmental and social sustainability issues in research and non-government organisations and she is motivated by an aim to create and contribute to high-impact research that responds to complex or ‘wicked’ environmental and social challenges in Australia and globally. She conducts research and teaching on responses to complex issues around the sustainable and integrated development, including management and use of water and energy resources with social, environmental and economic considerations. This includes communicating water, renewable energy and health-relevant research findings into policy outcomes with stakeholders, which covers research on community engagement, behaviour change and policy analysis.

Works

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171 works between 2005 and 2025

1 - 20 of 171 works

2025

Other Outputs

How Indigenous peoples are leading the way in climate litigation: new paper

Nona, Francis, Lansbury, Nina, Matthews, Veronica, Vine, Kris and Ireland, Lillian (2025, 06 17). How Indigenous peoples are leading the way in climate litigation: new paper Croakey Health News

How Indigenous peoples are leading the way in climate litigation: new paper

2025

Conference Publication

Taking an Indigenous rights-based approach to support action on climate change

Nona, F., Matthews, V., Ireland, L., Vine, K. and Lansbury, N. (2025). Taking an Indigenous rights-based approach to support action on climate change. Lowitja Institute Indigenous Health Conference, Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia, 16-19 June 2025.

Taking an Indigenous rights-based approach to support action on climate change

2025

Other Outputs

Indigenous-led rights-based approaches to climate litigation

Nona, Francis, Matthews, Veronica, Lansbury, Nina, Vine, Kristina and Ireland, Lillian (2025). Indigenous-led rights-based approaches to climate litigation. Collingwood, VIC Australia: Lowitja Institute for Indigenous Health.

Indigenous-led rights-based approaches to climate litigation

2025

Conference Publication

Climate change impacting health in the Western Cape

Lansbury, N. (2025). Climate change impacting health in the Western Cape. Western CapeHER: Inaugural Western Cape York Women's Health Forum, Napranum, QLD Australia, 5-6 June 2025.

Climate change impacting health in the Western Cape

2025

Conference Publication

Menstrual health in the Western Cape

Lansbury, N., Milsom, O. and King, M. (2025). Menstrual health in the Western Cape. Western CapeHER: Inaugural Western Cape York Women's Health Forum, Napranum, QLD Australia, 5-6 June 2025.

Menstrual health in the Western Cape

2025

Journal Article

‘Beyond core business’: A qualitative review of activities supporting environmental health within remote Western Australian schools

Enkel, Stephanie L., Dalton, Rebecca, Clements, Chicky, Thomas, Hannah M.M., McRae, Tracy, Amgarth-Duff, Ingrid, Mullane, Marianne, Wiese, Lisa, Bedford, Liam, Lansbury, Nina, Carapetis, Jonathan R., Wright, Edie and Bowen, Asha C. (2025). ‘Beyond core business’: A qualitative review of activities supporting environmental health within remote Western Australian schools. Dialogues in Health, 6 100215, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2025.100215

‘Beyond core business’: A qualitative review of activities supporting environmental health within remote Western Australian schools

2025

Book Chapter

Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia

Memmott, Paul, Lansbury, Nina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Barnes, Samuel, Redmond, Andrew Martin, Simpson, Patrick (Pepy) and Frank, Patricia Narrulu (2025). Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia. Intersections of housing precarity, health and wellbeing in diverse global settings: what is happening to housing?. (pp. 9-42) edited by Kelly Greenop and Johanna Brugman Alvarez. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.51952/9781529243871.ch001

Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia

2025

Journal Article

Climate change impacts on drinking water security: a comparative study in Australia’s remote Central Australia and Torres Strait Islands

Lansbury, Nina, Bradford, Julia, Creamer, Sandra J. and Evans, Geoffrey (2025). Climate change impacts on drinking water security: a comparative study in Australia’s remote Central Australia and Torres Strait Islands. Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthinfoNet, 6 (1). doi: 10.14221/2653-3219.1050

Climate change impacts on drinking water security: a comparative study in Australia’s remote Central Australia and Torres Strait Islands

2025

Journal Article

The application of environmental health assessment strategies to detect Streptococcus pyogenes in Kimberley school classrooms

Enkel, Stephanie L., Wong, Bernadette, Mickuki, August, Ford, Abbey J., O'Brien, Megan, Pallegedara, Tharushi, Bedford, Liam, Thomas, Hannah M.M., Lansbury, Nina, Carapetis, Jonathan R., Barth, Dylan D., Pickering, Janessa and Bowen, Asha C. (2025). The application of environmental health assessment strategies to detect Streptococcus pyogenes in Kimberley school classrooms. Infection, Disease and Health, 30 (2), 143-151. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.12.001

The application of environmental health assessment strategies to detect Streptococcus pyogenes in Kimberley school classrooms

2025

Journal Article

Voices of hard-to-reach island communities provide inclusive and culturally appropriate climate change responses: A case study from the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

Mosby, Vinnitta, Moggridge, Bradley J., Creamer, Sandra, Evans, Geoffrey, Ireland, Lillian, Pecl, Gretta and Lansbury, Nina (2025). Voices of hard-to-reach island communities provide inclusive and culturally appropriate climate change responses: A case study from the Torres Strait Islands, Australia. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 23 100450, 100450-23. doi: 10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100450

Voices of hard-to-reach island communities provide inclusive and culturally appropriate climate change responses: A case study from the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

2025

Journal Article

Practise as you preach: climate stewardship in healthcare integrating top‐down and bottom‐up approaches with clinician as positive role models for the community

Ting, Joseph, Schweitzer, Daniel and Lansbury, Nina (2025). Practise as you preach: climate stewardship in healthcare integrating top‐down and bottom‐up approaches with clinician as positive role models for the community. Internal Medicine Journal, 55 (4), 547-549. doi: 10.1111/imj.70047

Practise as you preach: climate stewardship in healthcare integrating top‐down and bottom‐up approaches with clinician as positive role models for the community

2025

Other Outputs

Enhancing student engagement and motivation in university teaching about climate change for SDG13

Milsom, O., Baston, S., Son, K-Y. and Lansbury, N. (2025). Enhancing student engagement and motivation in university teaching about climate change for SDG13. Oxford, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.

Enhancing student engagement and motivation in university teaching about climate change for SDG13

2025

Conference Publication

Mind your body: developing an Indigenous- and student-led menstrual health teaching guide

Lansbury, N., Milsom, O. and King, M. (2025). Mind your body: developing an Indigenous- and student-led menstrual health teaching guide. Queensland Health Women and Girls’ Health Showcase, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25-26 February 2025.

Mind your body: developing an Indigenous- and student-led menstrual health teaching guide

2025

Journal Article

Attributing heatwave-related mortality to climate change: a case study of the 2009 Victorian heatwave in Australia

Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah E., Selvey, Linda, Aglas-Leitner, Philipp, Lansbury, Nina, Hundessa, Samuel, Stone, Daithi A., Ebi, Kristie L. and Osborne, Nicholas John (2025). Attributing heatwave-related mortality to climate change: a case study of the 2009 Victorian heatwave in Australia. Environmental Research: Climate, 4 (1) 015004, 1-16. doi: 10.1088/2752-5295/ada8cd

Attributing heatwave-related mortality to climate change: a case study of the 2009 Victorian heatwave in Australia

2024

Conference Publication

Climate change, wellbeing and social housing in remote Indigenous communities

Lansbury, N. (2024). Climate change, wellbeing and social housing in remote Indigenous communities. Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) 2024 Conference – Healing with Country for a Sustainable Future for Everyone, Online, 27-28 November 2024.

Climate change, wellbeing and social housing in remote Indigenous communities

2024

Journal Article

Systematic review of household transmission of Strep A: a potential site for prevention that has eluded attention

Enkel, Stephanie L., Barnes, Samuel, Daw, Jessica, Pearson, Emma, Thomas, Hannah M. M., Lansbury, Nina, Wyber, Rosemary, Redmond, Andrew M., Ralph, Anna P., Carapetis, Jonathan R. and Bowen, Asha C. (2024). Systematic review of household transmission of Strep A: a potential site for prevention that has eluded attention. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 230 (4), e798-e806. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae136

Systematic review of household transmission of Strep A: a potential site for prevention that has eluded attention

2024

Conference Publication

Climate change impacts on health in Far North Queensland

Lansbury, N. (2024). Climate change impacts on health in Far North Queensland. Queensland Public Health Physician Meeting 2024, Cairns, QLD Australia, 3-4 October 2024.

Climate change impacts on health in Far North Queensland

2024

Conference Publication

Climate change impacts on health in Far North Queensland

Lansbury, N. (2024). Climate change impacts on health in Far North Queensland. Queensland Health Public Health Physicians’ Annual Meeting, Cairns, QLD Australia, 3-4 October 2024.

Climate change impacts on health in Far North Queensland

2024

Other Outputs

An overview of health and health-related data: Expert Report for the Native Title Applicant on behalf of the Gomeroi People AND Santos NSW Pty Ltd and Santos NSW (Narrabri Gas) Pty Ltd (formerly known as EnergyAustralia Narrabri Gas Pty Ltd) AND the State of New South Wales

Lansbury, Nina (2024). An overview of health and health-related data: Expert Report for the Native Title Applicant on behalf of the Gomeroi People AND Santos NSW Pty Ltd and Santos NSW (Narrabri Gas) Pty Ltd (formerly known as EnergyAustralia Narrabri Gas Pty Ltd) AND the State of New South Wales. Sydney, NSW, Australia: National Native Title Tribunal.

An overview of health and health-related data: Expert Report for the Native Title Applicant on behalf of the Gomeroi People AND Santos NSW Pty Ltd and Santos NSW (Narrabri Gas) Pty Ltd (formerly known as EnergyAustralia Narrabri Gas Pty Ltd) AND the State of New South Wales

2024

Conference Publication

Enhancing student engagement and motivation in ​teaching about climate change: Insights and ​strategies for university educators

Lansbury, N. and Milsom, O. (2024). Enhancing student engagement and motivation in ​teaching about climate change: Insights and ​strategies for university educators. CAPHIA 2024 Teaching and ​Learning Forum, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26-27 September 2024.

Enhancing student engagement and motivation in ​teaching about climate change: Insights and ​strategies for university educators

Funding

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2026
    STopping Acute Rheumatic Fever Infections to Strengthen Health (STARFISH) - (NHMRC Synergy grant administered by Uni Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2018 - 2019
    Values and Equity in Australia's Remote Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Study on Safe Drinking Water and Sewerage Services
    Water Services Association of Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Enabling Indigenous school attendance by supporting girls' health and hygiene in remote communities
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Evaluation of the Safe and Healthy Drinking Water Pilot Project
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Enhancing Positive Social Outcomes from Wind Development in Australia: Evaluating Community Engagement
    Clean Energy Council
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Nina Lansbury is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Climate change impacts on health

  • Planetary health and human health

  • Water, sanitation and hygiene in remote Australia

  • Menstrual health and hygiene for minority populations

  • Housing, crowding and impacts on health

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Household-Based Environmental Health Interventions to Improve Community and Householder Health Outcomes in Aboriginal Social Housing in Remote Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Paul Memmott

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The canary in the coal mine: An Indigenist and decolonising approach to exploring, and advocating for the self-determination of Torres Strait Islanders navigating the complexities of climate change

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Quantifying Climate Change's Impact on Infectious Disease Burden in Queensland

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Benn Sartorius

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The impact of coercive control on First Nations school-age childrens education and social and emotional wellbeing

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Roxanne Bainbridge

  • Doctor Philosophy

    ¿Country means everything¿ Introducing Relational Health in environmental, climate, and health solutions.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor James Ward

  • Master Philosophy

    Relationship between stress disrders and non Communicable diseases.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor James Ward

  • Master Philosophy

    Ecosocial work in Meanjin; Informing future directions.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Debby Lynch

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Nina Lansbury directly for media enquiries about:

  • behaviour change
  • community engagement
  • development hygiene
  • development sanitation
  • development water
  • public policy
  • small-scale renewable energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • transdisciplinary investigation

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